Guild Wars 2

just asking ahead of time before i commit to crafting some items.

specifically the corrupted weapons. since you need lvl 400 wep smith to craft these, along with the recipe, if i craft one, and if i understand correctly, they are soulbound on acquire, is it possible to transmutate the skin to another peice that is not soulbound (maybe white item, then again to exotic items for stats)? if so, will the transmutated item be available to other characters or even other accounts?

and the same for dungeon items. can i transmutate just to get the skin with other non bound exotic stats?

thanks in advance.

[added: ahh, i originally posted this in the crafting section since it involves crafting of the corrupted weps, along with exotic weps that i plan to craft for the stats… if it makes more sense in P helping Ps, please feel free to move it there too]

Yes. FOR NOW, you can take a soulbound item, transmute it to a white, hand that white off to another character (you can’t sell it on the TP), and they can transmute the appearance on to another piece of gear.

As to whether this is a feature or a bug is unconfirmed, but we haven’t heard heads or tails about it yet, so…

ahh gotcha. thanks for the clarification. i’ve heard of this before and many were doing it with their starter gear.

now my next question is if i did indeed transmutate it to a white, which “unsoulbinds it” (even though it might still say soulbound), can i mail it to another account? i.e. a friend to use?